N.Y. Public Health Law § 455: Hospitals; special police officers; powers and duties

§ 455. Hospitals; special police officers; powers and duties. 1. The

director of each hospital in the department may designate attendants or

other employees to act as special police officers whose duty it shall be

under the orders of the director to protect the grounds, buildings and

patients of the hospital and to eject therefrom disorderly persons. Such

attendants and employees, acting as special police officers, shall

possess all the powers of peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20

of the criminal procedure law, on the grounds and premises.

2. The designation of such attendants and employees as special police

officers in pursuance hereof, shall not be deemed to supersede, on the

grounds and premises of such hospital, the authority of peace or police

officers of the jurisdiction within which such hospital is located.